His statements fall into three groups: 1) Slandering Japan and South Korea's alliance contributions, 2) Creating uncertainty about long standing assumptions about American policy that underpin global security, and 3) Calling into question American leadership in the world.
Its challenge--to do so without ever having to address the bedrock axioms upon which it all rests--long standing assumptions and premises which underlie the existing system and support its practices.
One of the longest standing assumptions about the nature of human intelligence has just been seriously challenged.
There has been a long-standing assumption at the Pentagon that the American public would not tolerate significant casualties.
Another long-standing assumption about Cuban-American political attitudes is that they will change with the generations.
And if the long-standing assumption that consumers of pornography – offline and online – are overwhelmingly male were ever true, it no longer is.
The scans suggested that the axons in Wallis's brain were growing and forming new connections a finding that contradicts the long-standing assumption that a damaged brain is incapable of healing after such a lengthy period.
The scans suggested that the axons in Wallis's brain were growing and forming new connections — a finding that contradicts the long-standing assumption that a damaged brain is incapable of healing after such a lengthy period.
The long-standing assumption that with the state's blessing, the destinies of entire industries should be overseen by a charmed circle of interconnected people from the grandes écoles and the haute bourgeoisie seems to be wearing thinner these days.
This is a mysterious phenomenon, but might have something to do with people of different ages being given different amounts of food to eat.Another long-standing assumption about obesity in developing countries might also need to be overturned.
It was a scene fueled by the long-standing assumption that if you want to screw up your kid, having just one is a great way to do it.
